"The Rainbow" [Joe St.Johanser]

"The Rainbow" [Joe St.Johanser]

First line of lyrics: Boats sail on the rivers

Part of: "Four short songs for children"

St.Johanser, Joe; music (British, born 1941)

Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)

2016 [publication] [copyright]

Woking, Surrey: Robosoft Music Productions Limited

genre: children's music|song cycle|song

solo: voice

chorus: children's unison chorus

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: one sharp

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "'Boats sail on the rivers'"

Place in the larger work: First song of four in a song cycle called "Four short songs for children" which includes 1. "The Rainbow" (Christina Rossetti); 2. "Sea Shell" (Amy Lowell); 3. "The Swing" (Robert Louis Stevenson); 4. "The Crocodile" (Lewis Carroll).

Tempo markings: "Moderato"; quarter note = 100

Recordings: This audio representation is an electronic playback of a digital score: St.Johanser, Joe. "Four short songs for children." YouTube, uploaded 21 Jan. 2016, https://youtu.be/3giLFVsjmKg.

Format 1: musical score

2 pages; complete song cycle performance time approx. 5 minutes

Other data reference(s): "Songs and Chamber Works." Joe St.Johanser, http://www.joestjohanser.co.uk/newsong.htm. Accessed 18 Jan 2017.

musical score: Joe St.Johanser

Opus: 29, number 1

Record: CRM-boatssail-stjohanser

File(s): CRM-boatssail-stjohanser.pdf

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